The Independent-News, Volume 117, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 February 1992 — Page 1

The Independent-News

VOLUME 117; NUMBER 40

SECTIONAL DRAW PITS 6LENN AND CULVER TUESDAY The John Glenn Falcons will open the 1992 Plymouth Sectional tournament Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. with a game against Culver Community High School. The new format for the IHSAA state tourney this year features no tournies with more than six teams, consequently a lot of re-alignment had to take place to break up the many eight team meets that had been the case in past years. Despite the fact that Plymouth has been a six team site, the realignment has affected this meet as well, moving two regular participants out and bringing in two new ones. Culver Community is one of these new teams as they and Oregon-Davis have been shifted to Plymouth from the North Judson sectional replacing Argos and Culver Military Academy, who both have been moved to Warsaw. The remaining teams, Glenn, who is defending champion, Plymouth, La Ville and Bremen should continue to bring about a very competitived and interesting tourney. Starting play has also been moved from Wednesday night to Tuesday with action then jumping to Friday with the championship on Saturday night as always. At Plymouth, Glenn meets Culver in the first game. Glenn defeated Culver, coached by former Glenn assistant Larry Rans, easily in the early regular season. Culver has matured considerably since then and were a last second loser by a couple of points to Bremen in the Bi-County tourney finals. The Cavaliers are truly a better team than the Falcons seen in their second game on December 6th. The second game on Tuesday night should be a real barn burner as the host Plymouth Pilgrims will meet Bremen. Bremen holds an exciting overtime victory over Plymouth this season, also played in the early season. This first round matchup will be a very important game in this year's tourney. On Friday night, the two bye teams will play at 6:00 p.m. They are LaVilie and Oregon-Davis with the two Tuesday night winners meeting in the second game around 7:30. These two Friday winners will return Saturday night for the championship battle at 7:30 p.m. With the re-alignment, the regional lineup has also been changed considerably in Northern Indiana. The Plymouth winner will now go to a new regional, to be held at Warsaw, instead of the former path through Elkhart. At Warsaw, the Plymouth winner will meet the Warsaw winner while the other game will match winners of the Columbia City and Huntington sectionals. -The Warsaw regional winner will then advance on to the Fort Wayne semi-state as always, but this action will include teams from the Elkhart regional playing the Warsaw winner, and the Fort Wayne and Marion regional winners will meet in the other contest. The finals of this year’s state tourney will again be held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on Saturday, March 28 with the Indianapolis and Terre Haute semistate winners meeting first and the

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Fifth grade students at North Liberty Elementary are enjoying a new set of American Patriot’s Handbooks. The books contain a wide variety of information ranging from Presidential biographies to appropriate flag display. The students are learning about historical American flags with a beautiful MEETING DATE CHANGED The North Liberty Town Council meeting of March 4, 1992 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 11,1992 at the Town Hall. In 1948, RCA Victor introduced the 45 rpm record, giving it the code name of "Madame X." Fort Wayne and Lafayette winners in the second contest. Other neighboring tournies that involve teams familiar to us include the South Bend sectional that pits the two strong teams, St. Joe and Gay, in the first round as they will play the second game on Wednesday night. Washington and Riley meet in the first. Adams and LaSalle, the two worst records, have the bye to Friday night as they meet in the first Friday game. At Elkhart, Penn and Marian have the Friday night encounter. Earlier in the tourney, Mishawak meets Elkhart Central and Memorial meets Concord, who has really slumped in the last half of the season. At Michigan City, New Prairie and Marquette meet in the first game with LaPorte and Michigan City Elston in the second contest. Rogers and Westville have the Friday opening encounter. At North Judson, the favorite Knox draws the first round bye with LaCrosse. Meanwhile, South Central meets Winamac and West Central will meet the host Bluejays. The new alignment this year will make for an interesting first year but in addition to evening up the play the sectional sites, it has taken away some of the rivalries that have been established over the years. Regardless, this is the start of Hoosier basketball at its finest and a time of year for all Indiana basketball fans.

coUectioo of miniture replicas. The books, flags and even rulers with Presidential portraits were donated by Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Company Local 6001. Their representative is Richard T. Foster, in South Bend. Pictured are Jessica Smith, Joey Sypchalski, Brian Blosser, Michael Lentner and Davy Erdelyi. J.G. Sectional Tourney Ticket Information Sectional tourney tickets for all games are now on sale at John Glenn High School in the Athletic office. The cost of the all-tourney ticket is $7.00. Tickets for individual sessions for $3.00 will be sold only the night of the games at Plymouth High School. All seats are reserved. The all-tourney ticket for $7.00 will be sold on a first-come basis with sales ending Monday, March 2. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 .m. No phone orders. SECTIONAL FAN BUS INFORMATION The Falcons will play Culver on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:00 p.m. in the Plymouth Sectional. The fan bus will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:00 and Glenn at 5:15. If the team advances, on Friday, March 6, the fan bus will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:00 and Glenn at 5:15, and on Saturday it will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 6:30 and Glenn at 6:45. Adults and students, SI.OO. DINNER SET FOR SATURDAY Lucille and Dick Dipert will serve as hosts for the Koontz Lake Conservation Cub dinner on Saturday night. Dinner is at 6:00 p.m. Come and join us. SCIENCE FAIR Urey Midddle School will hold its annual science fair this Wednesday, March 4. The public is invited to view the projects from 3:30 until 4:15 in the gym.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1992

COMMNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 7:00 p.m.—Walkerton Business and Professional Women to meet. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 6:30 p.m. —John Glenn basketball teams to travel to Tippecanoe Valley. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 6:30 p.m.—Oregon-Davis basketball teams to travel to Triton. SUNDAY, MARCH 1 6:00 p.m.—Revival at Walkerton Wesleyan Church, Ken Gorveatte, speaker. MONDAY, MARCH 2 4:00 p.m.—North Liberty Sth grade basketball team to host St. Pat’s. 4:30 p.m.—Walkerton Sth and 6th grade basketball teams to host Bremen. 4:30 p.m.—Urey girls basketball team to host Argos. 7:00 p.m. —Walkerton Town Board to meet in the Council Room. 7:00 p.m.—Revival at Walkerton Wesleyan Church. TUESDAY, MARCH 3 4:30 p.m.—Urey wrestlers to travel to Culver for matches. 5:00 p.m.—Urey Bth grade basketball teams to host LaPorte Kesling. 5:00 p.m.—Urey 7th grade basketball teams to travel to LaPorte Kesling. 7:00 p.m.—Revival at Walkerton Wesleyan Church. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 4:30 p.m.—Walkerton 6th grade basketball team to travel to Plymouth. 6:30 p.m.—Oregon-Davis PTO to meet at the Elementary School. 7:00 p.m.—Revival at Walkerton Wesleyan Church. THURSDAY, MARCH 5 4:00 p.m.—Walkerton Sth grade basketball team to host St. Pat’s. 4:30 p.m.—North Liberty 6th grade basketball team to travel to Plymouth. 4:30 p.m. —Urey basketball teams to travel to La Ville. VETERANS SET MEMORIAL MEETING IN NORTH LIBERTY There will be a Veterans Memorial Meeting on Thursday, February 27, at 7:30 p.m., in the large room of the North Liberty Community Building. The V.F.W. Post 1954 and American Legion Post 365, of North Liberty, would like to invite the community to discuss this memorial and explain it. This monument will honor all verterans of ail wars. FAN BUS TO TIPPECANOE GAME The fan bus for the boys basketball game at Tippy Valley on Friday, February 28, will leave Tyner and North Liberty at 5:00 p.m. and Glenn at 5:15 p.m. Game time is 6:30 p.m. Adults and students, SI.OO. ATTENTION LIBERTY TOWNSHIP VOTERS You may register at the Liberty Township Trustee’s office, located at the North Liberty Community Center, 300 S. Main St. on Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00-12:00 noon and 1:00-4:00 p.m., or by appointment. Deadline to register is March 20 in this office. 2tC7

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